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Peer reviewedGrasmuck, Sherri – International Migration Review, 1984
Compares working conditions of documented and undocumented Dominicans in New York City. Concludes that one of the most important functions served by the illegal alien population in a surplus labor region like New York City resides primarily in its greater controllability by employers in the secondary labor market. (RDN)
Descriptors: Dominicans, Employment Patterns, Immigrants, Labor Supply
Whitener, Leslie A. – 1982
Using data obtained in December 1979 from the biennial Hired Farm Working Force Survey supplement of the Current Population Survey, case weights were applied to obtain a sample of 149 migrant farmworker case studies (selected from an estimated 217,000 migrant farmworkers) to ascertain the agricultural attachment level of migrant farmworkers in…
Descriptors: Age, Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Census Figures
TenPas, Cilla Reesman; And Others – 1974
The document describes the activity, study, and research involving an experimental mobility project which, both by contract and philosophy, sought to assist those individuals in Upper Michigan with relocation and/or placement, who might otherwise have been unable to compete in the migration and economic patterns in the region. Data from extensive…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Experimental Programs, Job Placement
Sloan, Frank A.; And Others – 1978
As the second phase of a four-year research project on the geographic distribution of professional nurses, a study investigated what incentive or incentives motivate nurses in their choice of employment location. Data was analyzed from four sources: a survey of hospital directors of nursing, a survey of registered nurses, 1960 and 1970 U.S. Census…
Descriptors: Age, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Family (Sociological Unit)


